From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Lars Kurth Subject: Re: [XenARM] Status of Xen ARM Project Date: Wed, 20 Nov 2013 19:13:32 +0000 Message-ID: <528D09DC.20601@xen.org> References: Reply-To: lars.kurth@xen.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="===============0128881551660676449==" Return-path: In-Reply-To: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Sender: xen-devel-bounces@lists.xen.org Errors-To: xen-devel-bounces@lists.xen.org To: Stefano Stabellini , =?ISO-8859-1?Q?Audun_J=F8sang?= Cc: xen-arm@lists.xensource.com, xen-devel@lists.xensource.com List-Id: xen-devel@lists.xenproject.org This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --===============0128881551660676449== Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="------------050307040400020104040904" This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --------------050307040400020104040904 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Audun, I clarified the warning on http://wiki.xenproject.org/wiki/Xen_ARM_(PV) as it was a little confusing. The original Xen ARM PV port requires a modified Linux kernel, whereas ARM support in mainline Xen does not. Many of the newer mobile platform have newer ARM CPUs and thus ARM support in mainline Xen should just work. We are also seeing pick-up in the mobile and other sectors with the new port. This is happening a lot quicker than we thought and there are activities and discussions going on to make mainline Xen more suitable for various embedded use-cases: See * http://wiki.xenproject.org/wiki/Category:Android *http://wiki.xenproject.org/wiki/Category:Embedded * http://lists.xenproject.org/archives/html/xen-devel/2013-11/msg03004.html [Xen Developer Summit BoF Notes : Seeding a Xen + Android / Embedded ecosystem BoF] * http://lists.xenproject.org/archives/html/xen-devel/2013-11/msg02536.html [Xen for real-time/embedded/automotive] Of course the old port is still around, but it is unlikley that much development effort will go into it. Best Regards Lars --------------050307040400020104040904 Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit
Audun,

I clarified the warning on http://wiki.xenproject.org/wiki/Xen_ARM_(PV) as it was a little confusing.

The original Xen ARM PV port requires a modified Linux kernel, whereas ARM support in mainline Xen does not. Many of the newer mobile platform have newer ARM CPUs and thus ARM support in mainline Xen should just work. We are also seeing pick-up in the mobile and other sectors with the new port. This is happening a lot quicker than we thought and there are activities and discussions going on to make mainline Xen more suitable for various embedded use-cases:
See
* http://wiki.xenproject.org/wiki/Category:Android
* http://wiki.xenproject.org/wiki/Category:Embedded
* http://lists.xenproject.org/archives/html/xen-devel/2013-11/msg03004.html [Xen Developer Summit BoF Notes : Seeding a Xen + Android / Embedded ecosystem BoF]
* http://lists.xenproject.org/archives/html/xen-devel/2013-11/msg02536.html [Xen for real-time/embedded/automotive]

Of course the old port is still around, but it is unlikley that much development effort will go into it.

Best Regards
Lars
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